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Starring: Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Gary Oldman, Seth Rogan, Dustin Hoffman, Danny McBride, Lucy Liu
Rated PG
Director: Jennifer Yuh
Po Tries to find out what happened to his parents while stopping a dangerous Peacock from conquering China.
Now that Po (Jack Black) has become the “Dragon Master” he is set upon a quest with the furious five to stop the dreaded Peacock Lord Shen (Gary Oldman) At the same time he yearns to find out what happened to him before he was adopted by Goose/Noodle Shop owner Mr Ping (James Hong) while beings tasked by Master Shifu (Dustin Hoffman) to learn “Inner Peace”
For the most part Kung Fu Panda follows the blueprint laid out in the first one. With action packed scenes of Po and the Furious Five intermixed with humor and plenty of Fat Jokes. The animation is amazing and the idea to tell Po’s back story with traditional animation will really help the little ones keep track of everything. Jack Black proves once again that if you don’t have to look at him and watch his terrible schtick he can be a very effective actor. If he was able to put as much range and emotion in his live film career as he does here he would have a much better track record. The cast is astounding with A list voice talent add that a sweet Kung Fu coup of adding the voice of JCVD (Jean-Claude Van Damme) to the mix as Master Croc and you have a winner . The first film was great and while this is very good the sequel is a little less funny and relies too much on the formula of the original to really separate itself as the better of the two. The ending of the first and the second are just a little too similar to be forgiven. In terms of Animated films that have been flooding the market as of late Kung Fu Panda 2 kicks the crap out of the rest and is Easily the best animated film of the year.
Grade- 88
